Always My Soul
By: dragonfly-rising
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or any of the characters
~ Kagome ~
Kagome breathed through the ever-increasing pain as Tosh held tightly to her. She understood it was what was happening to Kee that caused it. She knew it must be endured. She felt her soul's energies flowing to the emptiness that was Ferlias. Feeding him so that he might break the seal that held him, drawing from her what he needed. To her shame it was everything that she had felt since entering her sanctuary that gave him the most strength. All of her negative fervor that had gathered and spread to her friends was going to be the cause of his release.
That her friends knew of her inner turmoil fed her shame, which in turn fed Ferlias. How she knew they were aware of it she could not say, but she knew. She felt it as it writhed in each of them, as it tore at the core of who they were. And then she felt Kee. Kee who had embraced her friends, supplied them half truths so that they continued to have faith in Kagome, all the while despising Kagome for her weakness. This too went to Ferlias as an offering for his release.
"Shed these trappings little miko...before it is too late." Tosh advised her.
That she heard him through her torment did not shock her. Tosh, who now she could feel as well with this newfound talent, she clung to him, to his ever-patient heart and eternally peaceful mind. To this she added Miroku, who was the center of everything. Inuyasha who even, in this moment of pure clarity, was the strength of all things alive. She collected to herself, Sango, the person who stood as always the patient guardian of their unpredictable lives and hearts. And last there was Kee who was the emptiness that surrounded them making them fearful, forcing them to cling to those in their lives for companionship.
She gathered all of them binding them together within her soul, making a tapestry to defeat even the highest of beings. Then she waited patiently, for all she had was time, all which existed was the correct moment to reveal her self.
She had to be poised for all of them. SHE WAS THE SENTRY.
Around her stilled form the shrine faded becoming a flux of miko power. Tosh continued to hold her, his eyes beginning to change to red as his anger grew. His pride of the self-contained miko in his arms had grown to such a degree that he had flowed into her gathering mind with ease and self- indulgent delight. It had been so very long since he had clashed with another being. It had been so very long since he had been moved to such a degree that it warranted his involvement, something that begged for his own personal touch. At this moment he was so moved to break commands of the Others...for her...for his son he would battle yet again.
Sango turned to the figure of Ferlias as the stone facade fractured down the center. Despite the rupture Usuti continued to feed Kee's energies into the frontage. Kee gave a final shriek before collapsing onto the table.
~ Now? ~ She asked Miroku and Inuyasha
~ Yes NOW ~ came the reply.
With dark satisfaction Sango hefted Hiraikotsu and let it fly. It swung close to the crumbling statue then turned to Usuti. The priest did not have time to notice before the weapon tore through his body sending him to the floor in pieces. Sango reached out and grabbed Hiraikotsu on the return, skidding backwards as always bracing herself against the weight of the weapon. She dropped it unceremoniously to the ground and ran to Kee's side. The woman's black energies snapped around her ominously. Sango grabbed hold of her shoulders, shaking her. At first Kee did not respond.
More of the stone struck the floor, a light similar to the green one of the priest's began to show through the center fissure. Sango shook Kee harder. Without warning Kee's eyes snapped open and Sango, Miroku, and Inuyasha were made privy to why she was really called the dark miko. Through Kee came a flood of dark emotions that somehow were purified through her miko powers making them righteous. Kee's essence was a great and terrible war of dark and light much like what had been involved in the shield they had encountered so many days ago. They all drank deeply of it and became one with the dark miko without hesitation. She was their focus, they lost themselves within her and she drank deeply of them becoming one with their essence to enhance her own.
Kee's eyes swam with the mystic energy as she went to rise from the table. One side of restraints fell away from her, the others she tore off with little to no thought. She dismounted the table and stood beside Sango whose eyes also swam with the same energies as Kee's. Sango she allowed to remain separate from her enough so that the youkai exterminator could respond to danger and attack. Behind them Inuyasha's eyes flashed red and black, Miroku's were pitch black where nothing moved.
The last of the stonewall cascaded to the floor, a dark opening that swirled and writhed could be seen before two clawed hands grasped the edges and pulled. Sango retrieved Hiraikotsu, readying to fling it. Kee's aura grew and lashed around her as she drew her sword.
The Shikon Jewel fragments, still unnoticed, glowed a little bit brighter.
By: dragonfly-rising
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or any of the characters
~ Kagome ~
Kagome breathed through the ever-increasing pain as Tosh held tightly to her. She understood it was what was happening to Kee that caused it. She knew it must be endured. She felt her soul's energies flowing to the emptiness that was Ferlias. Feeding him so that he might break the seal that held him, drawing from her what he needed. To her shame it was everything that she had felt since entering her sanctuary that gave him the most strength. All of her negative fervor that had gathered and spread to her friends was going to be the cause of his release.
That her friends knew of her inner turmoil fed her shame, which in turn fed Ferlias. How she knew they were aware of it she could not say, but she knew. She felt it as it writhed in each of them, as it tore at the core of who they were. And then she felt Kee. Kee who had embraced her friends, supplied them half truths so that they continued to have faith in Kagome, all the while despising Kagome for her weakness. This too went to Ferlias as an offering for his release.
"Shed these trappings little miko...before it is too late." Tosh advised her.
That she heard him through her torment did not shock her. Tosh, who now she could feel as well with this newfound talent, she clung to him, to his ever-patient heart and eternally peaceful mind. To this she added Miroku, who was the center of everything. Inuyasha who even, in this moment of pure clarity, was the strength of all things alive. She collected to herself, Sango, the person who stood as always the patient guardian of their unpredictable lives and hearts. And last there was Kee who was the emptiness that surrounded them making them fearful, forcing them to cling to those in their lives for companionship.
She gathered all of them binding them together within her soul, making a tapestry to defeat even the highest of beings. Then she waited patiently, for all she had was time, all which existed was the correct moment to reveal her self.
She had to be poised for all of them. SHE WAS THE SENTRY.
Around her stilled form the shrine faded becoming a flux of miko power. Tosh continued to hold her, his eyes beginning to change to red as his anger grew. His pride of the self-contained miko in his arms had grown to such a degree that he had flowed into her gathering mind with ease and self- indulgent delight. It had been so very long since he had clashed with another being. It had been so very long since he had been moved to such a degree that it warranted his involvement, something that begged for his own personal touch. At this moment he was so moved to break commands of the Others...for her...for his son he would battle yet again.
Sango turned to the figure of Ferlias as the stone facade fractured down the center. Despite the rupture Usuti continued to feed Kee's energies into the frontage. Kee gave a final shriek before collapsing onto the table.
~ Now? ~ She asked Miroku and Inuyasha
~ Yes NOW ~ came the reply.
With dark satisfaction Sango hefted Hiraikotsu and let it fly. It swung close to the crumbling statue then turned to Usuti. The priest did not have time to notice before the weapon tore through his body sending him to the floor in pieces. Sango reached out and grabbed Hiraikotsu on the return, skidding backwards as always bracing herself against the weight of the weapon. She dropped it unceremoniously to the ground and ran to Kee's side. The woman's black energies snapped around her ominously. Sango grabbed hold of her shoulders, shaking her. At first Kee did not respond.
More of the stone struck the floor, a light similar to the green one of the priest's began to show through the center fissure. Sango shook Kee harder. Without warning Kee's eyes snapped open and Sango, Miroku, and Inuyasha were made privy to why she was really called the dark miko. Through Kee came a flood of dark emotions that somehow were purified through her miko powers making them righteous. Kee's essence was a great and terrible war of dark and light much like what had been involved in the shield they had encountered so many days ago. They all drank deeply of it and became one with the dark miko without hesitation. She was their focus, they lost themselves within her and she drank deeply of them becoming one with their essence to enhance her own.
Kee's eyes swam with the mystic energy as she went to rise from the table. One side of restraints fell away from her, the others she tore off with little to no thought. She dismounted the table and stood beside Sango whose eyes also swam with the same energies as Kee's. Sango she allowed to remain separate from her enough so that the youkai exterminator could respond to danger and attack. Behind them Inuyasha's eyes flashed red and black, Miroku's were pitch black where nothing moved.
The last of the stonewall cascaded to the floor, a dark opening that swirled and writhed could be seen before two clawed hands grasped the edges and pulled. Sango retrieved Hiraikotsu, readying to fling it. Kee's aura grew and lashed around her as she drew her sword.
The Shikon Jewel fragments, still unnoticed, glowed a little bit brighter.